Power Steering Pipe

Just got back from a sloooooooooow drive back from AITP after my inner CV gave up completely... D'oh!

Anyway - working the power steering extra hard to turn the wheels appears to have exposed a weakness in the pipe coming out of the pump. Most likely from having been moved about when the engine was being changed.

Anyone know/can get hold of the part number for this pipe. It's the one that comes out of the pump, along the front of the engine, has the ziggy zaggy bit and then heads to the back of the engine bay to the rack....

Shall have to fit that when the new driveshafts arrive.... Deep joy....

Ahhhh well. :thumbsup:

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I first replaced the high pressure one I think ur talking about at a cost of £200 Inc vat I think... After fitting this I found it put pressure on the lower pressure from reservoir to rack that was £60 incl vat..

There's only four pipes to PAS so don't really need a part No.

Lucky for me I have a friend at audi parts so he saves me pounds not found a cheap part yet with my S3

I changed the pipe your on about not long ago, the long pipe just in front of the engine, it folds back on itself on the driver side.

I paid £53 I think from tps, and will take you half hour to fit, if that.

There is two pipes that go into the steering rack on the passenger side of the car. Disconnect the two pipe and then the pipe itself is held down by 2 bolts just behind the radiator. Undo them and the pipe will come out and put the new one in and fill the pas will fluid. Best to have the front of the car in the air so you can turn the steering wheel lock to lock with no resistance to make sure the fluid has gone through the system.

Part number is 8NO422885A It comes up as a oil cooler for some reason but this is the part number for the pas pipe.

I changed the pipe your on about not long ago, the long pipe just in front of the engine, it folds back on itself on the driver side.

I paid £53 I think from tps, and will take you half hour to fit, if that.

There is two pipes that go into the steering rack on the passenger side of the car. Disconnect the two pipe and then the pipe itself is held down by 2 bolts just behind the radiator. Undo them and the pipe will come out and put the new one in and fill the pas will fluid. Best to have the front of the car in the air so you can turn the steering wheel lock to lock with no resistance to make sure the fluid has gone through the system.

Part number is 8NO422885A It comes up as a oil cooler for some reason but this is the part number for the pas pipe.

Nathan

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Nattie, you are a star. Thanks. :thumbsup:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Marriage is like a coffin and each kid is another nail." Homer Simpson​

I had the front end off the floor,
I had foaming problems in the tank.
i ended up drivin the car with the horrible noise for a couple of days... it became gradualy quieter...
All is well now , The job of fitting the pipe was easy, Just my luck to end up with problems gettin the air out.

Noggy Blue 2001 S3

I ask questions because i change my mind so much. If i ask questions you have already covered... just leave it be?

Anyone had any experience of power steering stop leak? I know it's designed to plump up seals, but am wndering if it's worth a blast. I cannot afford to get that pipe this months really, with that price tag anyway.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Marriage is like a coffin and each kid is another nail." Homer Simpson​

can't you just cut it and replace the brokrn bit with some rubber pipe and jubilee clips for now? £5 tops for the bits and would surely last till next month?

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Tempting, however have had experience with that before. As soon as you hit the stops at the end of the rack - pop goes the pipe. Up to 500psi goes through those pipes at that point on most PAS systems.

I just know it would happen when I would be nowhere near home, and being able to fix it.... lol. It's so bloody annoying, it's such a small fracture. I wondered what metal it was, as I was considering slapping some weld over it. I have a feeling it's copper though.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Marriage is like a coffin and each kid is another nail." Homer Simpson​

Welly, see if there are any traders locally that deal with 'hydraulics / hoses / fittings' - I got a MKII Golf hose 'repaired' by a local one to me at the cost of a mere fiver a few years ago, the same hose from VW would have cost in excess of £100!

Welly, see if there are any traders locally that deal with 'hydraulics / hoses / fittings' - I got a MKII Golf hose 'repaired' by a local one to me at the cost of a mere fiver a few years ago, the same hose from VW would have cost in excess of £100!

Fuckin **** that init mate told u it was the expensive one! Can't cut it cos that's the high pressure one with the cooler... After I paid for mine found out there's a guy who makes up any pipes to any spec. So I'd get on google to save big bucks!... Other option is try breakersyard.com they got back to me quick with a new part for £150 all in

Be warned once I replaced my high pressure pipe this made my corrosion on the lower pressure pipe to leak

ah right, a mate (ref engineer) is making mine up at the weekend (the radiator one) out of copper just wondered if it was worth making a jig for them, as they will be really cheap with flared ends to join on to the rubber pipes

cheers, just done mine with the new fabricated pipe, took around 2 3rds of a litre, that stuff smells like some potent moonshine!!
mines groaning its ass of but should settle, tried the left to right thing a few times, but there seems to be a bit of foaming going on in the top up bottle, so i will let it settle overnight

got my car back from the garage yesterday for my mechanic to tell me the pas pipe was leaking he tried to put a weld on it but it didnt hold so its now worse, he described it as a pipe that runs parralel to itself.
is this the £70ish part or the £200 part?

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